Minority student enrollment on the Ann
Arbor campus is at its
highest level ever, according to fall enrollment
figures released
Oct. 19.

Students of color now number 8,108, or
24.8 percent of all
students, up from last year's total of 7,927, or 24.2
percent of
total enrollment. This year's figure is more than twice the
total of
minority students enrolled in 1986, the year before the
Michigan
Mandate was established to increase minority
enrollment.

"I am extremely pleased to see that our renewed
efforts to
increase the enrollment of students of color are paying off,"
says
President James J. Duderstadt. "This is especially exciting for me
in
my last year as president.

"The Michigan Mandate is working and
I hope that our recruitment
and retention efforts will gather even more
momentum in the years to
come. We still have work to do, and reaching our
goals will require
energy and commitment."

For the fifth straight
year, enrollment of African Americans is at
a record high. African
American students now number 2,846, or 8.7
percent of total enrollment,
compared with 2,715, or 8.3 percent,
last year. This represents the
largest gain---a 4.8 percent
increase---among minority groups over last
year.

Asian American students, who make up the largest portion
of
minority enrollment, now total 3,519, or 10.8 percent of the
student
body, up from 3,421, or 10.4 percent, last
year.

Hispanic/Latino student enrollment fell slightly to 1,498,
or 4.6
percent of all students, from 1,533, or 4.7 percent, last
year.

Enrollment for Native American students also dropped
slightly to
245, or 0.7 percent of total students enrolled, from 258, or
0.8
percent, last year.

Although overall student enrollment is 36,687 for
1995-96,
minority enrollment figures are based on a total adjusted
enrollment
count of 32,690 (22,669 undergraduates and
10,021
graduate/professional students). This includes only U.S. citizens
and
permanent residents enrolled in degree-granting programs.
Foreign
students are
excluded.